Hello
mbaMission team! I would love to receive you honest feedback on my profile.
1) Basic demographic info: age 28, Male, Chilean
2) Educational Background: Bachelor in Business Administration at Chile’s top business school (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile). GPA: 4.9 on a scale of 1.0 to 7.0. Graduation rank: 216 out of 323. GMAT score 730 (Q49, V41, IR8).
3) Other coursework: I am doing a professional certificate in Art History.
4) Work experience: 4 years and 2 months of experience in Management & Strategy Consulting at Integration Consulting. I have been promoted 4 times - faster than peers. I’ve worked on over 15 impactful and diverse projects in Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, Guatemala and Ecuador. I currently hold a leadership role in my office (southern cone: Chile + Argentina) as a Co-manager, which means that I am co-responsible for team allocation, P&L, office and team management, among others.
5) Extracurriculars: I've been volunteering regularly since college, mainly in education (as a volunteer teacher of mathematics, English and entrepreneurship), in social causes (housing construction and community services) and more recently been advising foundations on sales and planning strategy (mainly human rights and transgender rights organizations in Chile). Also, very active as a teaching assistant of over 6 courses in university, and participated in 2 investigations as a research assistant.
6) Short/Long term goals:
- Short/medium term: To return to Consulting at my firm to lead its growth from a small / boutique firm in Chile to becoming a strong local player.
- Long term: To lead, as a managing partner, the expansion of my consulting firm into new markets, such as Peru and Colombia.
7) Schools: My dream school is MIT. Would love to get into Wharton, Harvard and Stanford. Any top 10 would be great as well.
8) Main concern: My main concern is my GPA. My GPA is a 4.9 on a scale of 1.0 to 7.0 (Chilean standard grading system). I am finding it difficult to convert that grade into the American system, but from what I've been researching, it is around a 2.6 - 3.3. My university's guidelines indicate that the appropriate conversion for that grade would be to a B+ (3.3), but I know that universities use their own metrics, so they might consider my GPA to be much lower. How does this impact on my chances of getting into top10 programs? What can I do to compensate?
Thank you in advance for your comments.